COPPER pseudomorph after CUPRITE


Specimen: #12779
Locality: Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
Size: 24mm x 15mm x 14mm
Size description: Toenail
Shipping: USA 8.60, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 12.80, China via UPS 29.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Superb specimen of Cuprite crystals completely pseudomorphed by Copper. Displays two sharp octahedrons intergrown together. They have perfect shape and copper-brown color. Complete all over with penetration twinning. For references see the issue of The Mineralogical Record vol. 45, # 4, July-August 2014. In superb condition.

Marvelous Copper pseudomorph!



COPPER pseudomorph after CUPRITE

COPPER pseudomorph after CUPRITE

COPPER pseudomorph after CUPRITE

COPPER pseudomorph after CUPRITE

COPPER pseudomorph after CUPRITE